Saturday April 8, 2017
Presentations are in the Lecture Hall (ESS 001) in the Earth and Space
Sciences Building,
Stony Brook University
The conference will begin at 9:00 AM and is FREE.
Speakers
please note: All presentations will be in Power Point.
Please bring your presentation on a flash drive.
You may not use your laptop.
No need to register. Just show up.
Teachers and professionals may receive contact hours towards professional development.
You can attend for any number of hours.
Everyone is welcome. Especially students.
Abstracts as of 08/08/2017
Each presentation will be 15 minutes.
Directions to
Stony Brook University and the Earth and Space Sciences Building
To Long Island Geologists Web
Page
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Time |
Title |
Authors |
Affiliation |
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9:00 AM |
Introduction
and the Geoscience Workforce Gap |
G.N. Hanson | Stony Brook University |
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9:15 AM |
pH of Soil on Stony Brook Campus: research projects by GeoPREP high school students | M. Donnelly GeoPREP high school students |
Stony Brook University |
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9:30 AM |
Geoscience educational opportunities & career oriented research experiences | S. Tvelia M. McNamara S. Mandia D. Butkos |
Suffolk County Community College |
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9:45 AM |
Teaching an active learning class in geomorphology | A.D. Rogers G.N. Hanson |
Stony Brook University |
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10:00 AM |
Pebbly
Loess in the Pine Barrens of Central Suffolk County, Long Island
Research reports that describe pebbly loess on Long Island and elsewhere
|
J. Rezza | Stony Brook University |
| 10:15 AM | Function and performance of Nitrogen Removing Biofilters (NRBs) for onsite wastewater treatment | X.
Mao S. Waugh R. Price J. Garvey C. Gobler H. Walker |
Stony Brook University |
|
10:30 AM |
U-Pb ages for zircon from SBU campus loess | A. Kling S. Jaret E.T. Rasbury |
Stony Brook University |
| 10:45 | Poster
Presenters give brief oral presentations |
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11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:30 AM |
The Recent Long Island Drought |
D. Tonjes | Stony Brook University |
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11:45 AM |
Distribution of Large Glacial Erratic Boulders on the North Shore of Nassau County, New York |
H.C. Mills A.J. Lindberg L. A. Lindberg |
Nassau County Division of Museums & Preserves (Ret.) |
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12: 00 PM |
Mapping the 20-foot clay (Wantagh Formation) in Queens and Brooklyn, NY | C Moss T. D. Canale |
MRCE |
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12:15 PM |
R. Flood | Stony brook University | |
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12:30 PM |
New insights from sediment cores into the environmental history of a Phragmites-invaded coastal wetland in Douglas Manor, Queens, NY | J.B
Bennington E. Weaver M. LaBarca J. Finkbeiner |
Hofstra University Syracuse University Syosett High School Paul D. Schreiber High School |
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12:45 PM |
Tracking the path of contaminants in western and central Long Island Sound |
E. Lauture | Queens College |
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1:00 PM |
Applying for Geologic Licensure in New York State | J. M. Nadeau | NYSCPG
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| Poster | I. Gogos J. Finneran K. Shire, A. Marsellos |
Hofstra University | |
| Poster |
GIS and
statistical analysis of local business responses of flooding
events along the Mohawk River valley in Amsterdam, New York
|
S. Lakeram D.Chernoff T. Pascucci A. Marsellos |
Hofstra University |
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Immediately after the conference there will be an opportunity to participate in one of the following:
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